Fusing at home: mastering the new technology

Increasingly there are people who are engaged in such skill as fusing. For those who do not know what it is: the fusing technique at home is the ability to make any interior items, for example stained glass, glass partitions, and any other small details that will make each house a little more cozy.

Where can I use fusing?

There are many options for using fusing. For the interior, it can serve a very useful service. So, to your attention a few ideas of using fusing at home:

• Fusing - you can decorate the bathroom with tiles, and you can also apply them in the arrangement of a balcony or a loggia;
• Glasses, which serve as the basis for creating a lamp, will be a wonderful decoration for a bedroom or living room;
• The vase will become an attribute that will amaze the imagination of your acquaintances, and the technology of fusing will help;
• Photo frame - that's what can become a wonderful gift made by fusing technology;
• And also jewelry, toys on the Christmas tree, that is, any of your fantasies.

How to master the technique of fusing?

Of course, it's worth mentioning right away that the fusing technology was not intended to be used at home. But, as they say, the masses make history, and fusing is no exception, it is the mass interest in this art that has led to the fact that producers began to produce all kinds of sets for home occupation by this matter. Thanks to the properties of glass, it became possible to do it in a microwave oven, and also to paint with iodine. It is worthwhile immediately to pay attention to the fact that not every glass is suitable for work on this fusing technology.

There are standard kits that usually include:

• A fusion furnace that is capable of heating up to a temperature of 1100 degrees;
• Tools needed for work, those that cut or pierce glass;
• Forms required to give volume to products;
• Glasses, including colored ones;
• Fillers for fusing.

If you are the person who is really interested in fusing at home, then it's worthwhile to take special courses to master this skill perfectly. Typically, companies that produce tools for the case, conduct them. In such courses, you can find out what fusing is, what its features are, if you work at home, and, of course, what white light technology is.

Briefly, fusing is a process consisting of several interrelated stages, the first of which involves the creation of a sketch of the product to be manufactured. Further, a special glass is selected, which is then laid on the substrate, which is the basis. Those gaps that form during the fusing process are filled with special granules. And, finally, the product can be sent to the oven. The result can be seen in a few hours, when you extract a multi-colored sheet that can easily be shaped.

Fusing at home is a process that will not leave anyone indifferent, creative and insanely exciting. If you know how to fantasize, then this is an occupation for you, using fusing to create a masterpiece is easy.

Just below you can see a master class that describes how to make a clock using fusing technology at home( their photo was at the beginning of the article).

So, first you need to stock up a glass blank, in the middle you need a hole. You will also need a knife, wands with cotton wool and brushes. You can also add beads or beads to represent numbers. And a sketch.

Before starting work, the workpiece should be degreased and with the help of a pencil do the following:

Next it is necessary to apply glass and make granules. And so the row behind the row is tight each other. If the pellets crumble, it is worth taking a different color and continuing to work.

After all the pellets are in place, it is worth waiting a little and placing the product in a cold oven. Then we put on 180 degrees.

After cooling the glass, it is necessary to apply a pattern along the contour, and the circle must be filled entirely. You can wait again a little before drawing the petals, so as not to touch the fresh center and not smudge. Superfluous it is necessary to cut.

We use the golden outline for drawing petals.

Next, go to the stage of registration of figures, for their manufacture we use beads or beads.

And, at last, we insert the mechanism. The clock is ready, and can decorate your wall.

If you still do not quite understand how to make fusing at home, the video lesson will help you:

Fusing technology in video: